Who are your MLB picks? - Page 3

DiMaggio5CF · 02-19-2005, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by attackemu

Do steroids help you walk?

Yes.

darkhorse · 02-19-2005, 09:02 PM

My only prediction is for my beloved Texas Rangers. I expect they will finish either 3rd or last in the AL West. Pitching is going to be a fooking atrocity this year.

Davey Eckstein · 02-19-2005, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by darkhorse

My only prediction is for my beloved Texas Rangers. I expect they will finish either 3rd or last in the AL West. Pitching is going to be a fooking atrocity this year.

What faith you have in your hometown boys!

JDOldSchool · 02-19-2005, 11:04 PM

Yankees, Red Sox, Indians, Athletics.
Braves, Marlins, Cardinals, Dodgers.

To comment on a few things here: The Giants did not improve. Look at Alou's home/away splits over the past few seasons. They might have the worst outfield in baseball on defense. There's a good chance Alou won't hit 20 HRs this season. Vizquel is not worth much anymore. Offensively, the Giants are Barry Bonds and not much else. Sure, the Dodgers let Beltre go. But Beltre had one good season and a lot of mediocre ones. It's possible he's hit his prime and will put up 40 HRs for the next few years, but the Dodgers replaced Beltre with Drew, Valentin, and Kent. Their infield defense is vastly improved (which will make giving Derek Lowe all that money look genius).

I'm no Dodgers fan, but if they don't win the West it'll be San Diego winning it.

rangerforlife · 02-20-2005, 05:54 PM

AL East
Boston
New Choke (WC)
Baltimore
Tampa Bay (if only because I'd like to see them finish out of the cellar)
Toronto

AL Central
Minnesota
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City

AL West
Anaheim (the name change is farked up)
Texas
Oakland
Seattle

NL East
Florida
Atlanta
New York
Philadelphia
Washington

NL Central
Houston
St. Louis (WC)
Chicago
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh

NL West
San Diego
Arizona
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Colorado

AL MVP: Vlad, again
NL MVP: Lance Berkman
AL Cy Young: Johan Santana
NL Cy Young: Mark Prior

Series:
Anaheim over Houston

cknox0723 · 02-20-2005, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by darkhorse

My only prediction is for my beloved Texas Rangers. I expect they will finish either 3rd or last in the AL West. Pitching is going to be a fooking atrocity this year.

Ryan Drese for Cy Young this year, baby!

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Originally Posted by rangerforlife

AL East
Tampa Bay (if only because I'd like to see them finish out of the cellar)

Thanks to, as some might call them, the Blow Jays, Tampa did just that last year, believe it or no.

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Originally Posted by lots o' peepz

AL West
Anaheim (the name change is farked up)
...
Oakland

Anyone feel like throwing this old dog a bone as to why Anaheim's going to beat out the statheadzz in Oakland so handily?

And anyone who thinks Houston is going to finish .500, let alone make the World Series (??????) -- well, they're certainly looking at things differently than I am.

Let's get some real debate going here. Come on now...

rangerforlife · 02-21-2005, 11:22 AM

As far as Tampa Bay, I stand corrected. So they did finish fourth.

Anaheim's going to beat out Oakland because Oakland's pitching won't be anywhere near as good as it has been... Anaheim's a better all-around team.

Joshv02 · 02-21-2005, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by I_Got_Wood_34, at post 3

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I might change some of the bottom spots, but, yeah, that looks about right to me.

Bluenoser · 02-21-2005, 12:22 PM

AL East:
1. New York
2. Boston WC
3. Tampa Bay
4. Toronto
5. Baltimore

AL Central:
1. Detroit
2. Minnesota
3. Cleveland
4. Chicago
5. Kansas City

AL West:
1. Los Angeles
2. Oakland
3. Texas
4. Seattle

NL East:
1. Florida
2. Philadelphia WC
3. Atlanta
4. New York
5. Washington

NL Central:
1. St. Louis
2. Houston
3. Cincinnatti
4. Chicago
5. Pittsburgh
6. Milwaukee

NL West:
1. San Diego
2. Arizona
3. Los Angeles
4. San Francisco
5. Colorado

JDOldSchool · 02-21-2005, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cknox0723

Anyone feel like throwing this old dog a bone as to why Anaheim's going to beat out the statheadzz in Oakland so handily?

Because the general baseball public is ignorant and takes any opportunity to s*** all over Beane's moves because they're too stubborn to accept his methods, which undoubtedly work better than any other. (Proof of this is that two teams who like the same types of players and are all "statheadzz" in nature were in the World Series last year. The only difference is that those two teams had very high payrolls)

I see no reason why the A's won't win 90 games and finish, at worst 2-3 games out of first. Anaheim made a few really bad signings that will hurt them this season.

jeheinz72 · 02-22-2005, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JDOldSchool

Yankees, Red Sox, Indians, Athletics.
Braves, Marlins, Cardinals, Dodgers.

To comment on a few things here: The Giants did not improve. Look at Alou's home/away splits over the past few seasons. They might have the worst outfield in baseball on defense. There's a good chance Alou won't hit 20 HRs this season. Vizquel is not worth much anymore. Offensively, the Giants are Barry Bonds and not much else. Sure, the Dodgers let Beltre go. But Beltre had one good season and a lot of mediocre ones. It's possible he's hit his prime and will put up 40 HRs for the next few years, but the Dodgers replaced Beltre with Drew, Valentin, and Kent. Their infield defense is vastly improved (which will make giving Derek Lowe all that money look genius).

I'm no Dodgers fan, but if they don't win the West it'll be San Diego winning it.

Though I disagree on Alou (who even if he hits .280/20 HR is still better than Michael Tucker). How about the improvement to the closer position? Are you saying Armando Benitez isn't better than Matt Herges? Or how about shortstop? Yes Vizquel is old, but I don't think you'd find too many people who would prefer Deivi Cruz or Neifi Perez. I'll call the catching position a wash.

So much centered around Alou, but that wasn't even their best improvement. They blew something like 25 saves last year, I think Benitez blew like 5. That's a 20 game difference, and even if it is only half such a difference that would mean 100 wins.

TheRaven · 02-22-2005, 01:37 PM

AL East
1 - Boston
2 - New York
3 - Baltimore
4 - Tampa Bay
5 - Toronto

AL Central
1 - Cleveland
2 - Minnesota
3 - Detroit
4 - Chicago
5 - Kansas City

AL West
1 - Anaheim
2 - Oakland
3 - Texas
4 - Seattle

NL East
1 - Atlanta
2 - Florida
3 - Philadelphia
4 - New York
5 - Washington

NL Central
1 - Chicago
2 - St. Louis
3 - Houston
4 - Cincinnati
5 - Pittsburgh
6 - Milwaukee

NL West
1 - San Francisco
2 - Los Angeles
3 - San Diego
4 - Arizona
5 - Colorado

UngratefulDead · 02-22-2005, 02:11 PM

AL East
Boston
New York (WC)
Baltimore
Toronto
Tampa Bay

AL Central
Minnesota
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Kansas City

AL West
Oakland
Anaheim (Tough choice between the two. Decided to take the underdog)
Texas
Seattle

NL East
Atlanta
Philadelphia
New York
Florida
Washington

NL Central
Chicago
St. Louis (WC)
Houston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee

NL West
San Francisco (Homer, and I really think the Dodgers have taken a step back)
San Diego
Los Angeles
Arizona
Colorado

NL Champions: Giants
AL Champions: Red Sox

WS: Giants over Red Sox (Homer, the Red Sox definitely have a better team)

NL MVP: Barry Bonds, San Francisco
NL Cy Young: Mark Prior, Chicago
NL Rookie of the Year: Garrett Atkins, Colorado

AL MVP: Vladimir Guerrero, Anaheim
AL Cy Young: Randy Johnson, New York
AL Rookie of the Year: Nick Swisher, Oakland (Barely over Dallas McPherson)

UngratefulDead · 02-22-2005, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Faroo6

How does that deflect? To me its almost an admission. He waited that long to have the surgery. Either he had to wait for his blood to be clean before surgery or he just doesn't like doing things on his own time and thinks company time is a good time to have surgery proving Bonds cares about nobody but Bonds.

I'm not going to get into the steroid debate again, but, I'd like to point out, Bonds waited to have his surgery because he was busy recovering from another surgery he had immediately after the end of the season. They stagger them for health reasons.

Davey Eckstein · 07-12-2005, 06:53 PM

How are your picks doing at the break? Mine are teh suk.

Green & Gold Heart · 07-12-2005, 06:59 PM

I like this one:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davey Eckstein

AL MVP: Adrian Beltre.

Davey Eckstein · 07-12-2005, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Green & Gold Heart

I like this one:

Davey Eckstein · 10-02-2005, 09:44 PM

Bump.

02-19-2005, 09:02 PM	#42
darkhorse Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: fort worth, tx Posts: 10,850	My only prediction is for my beloved Texas Rangers. I expect they will finish either 3rd or last in the AL West. Pitching is going to be a fooking atrocity this year. __________________ "The Human Torch was denied a bank loan."

02-20-2005, 05:54 PM	#45
rangerforlife Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: I want to hear from a clone! React to me!!! Posts: 225	AL East Boston New Choke (WC) Baltimore Tampa Bay (if only because I'd like to see them finish out of the cellar) Toronto AL Central Minnesota Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City AL West Anaheim (the name change is farked up) Texas Oakland Seattle NL East Florida Atlanta New York Philadelphia Washington NL Central Houston St. Louis (WC) Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh NL West San Diego Arizona San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado AL MVP: Vlad, again NL MVP: Lance Berkman AL Cy Young: Johan Santana NL Cy Young: Mark Prior Series: Anaheim over Houston __________________ "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

02-21-2005, 11:22 AM	#47
rangerforlife Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: I want to hear from a clone! React to me!!! Posts: 225	As far as Tampa Bay, I stand corrected. So they did finish fourth. Anaheim's going to beat out Oakland because Oakland's pitching won't be anywhere near as good as it has been... Anaheim's a better all-around team. __________________ "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

02-19-2005, 11:04 PM	#44
JDOldSchool Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,023	Yankees, Red Sox, Indians, Athletics. Braves, Marlins, Cardinals, Dodgers. To comment on a few things here: The Giants did not improve. Look at Alou's home/away splits over the past few seasons. They might have the worst outfield in baseball on defense. There's a good chance Alou won't hit 20 HRs this season. Vizquel is not worth much anymore. Offensively, the Giants are Barry Bonds and not much else. Sure, the Dodgers let Beltre go. But Beltre had one good season and a lot of mediocre ones. It's possible he's hit his prime and will put up 40 HRs for the next few years, but the Dodgers replaced Beltre with Drew, Valentin, and Kent. Their infield defense is vastly improved (which will make giving Derek Lowe all that money look genius). I'm no Dodgers fan, but if they don't win the West it'll be San Diego winning it.

02-21-2005, 12:22 PM	#49
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,192	AL East: 1. New York 2. Boston WC 3. Tampa Bay 4. Toronto 5. Baltimore AL Central: 1. Detroit 2. Minnesota 3. Cleveland 4. Chicago 5. Kansas City AL West: 1. Los Angeles 2. Oakland 3. Texas 4. Seattle NL East: 1. Florida 2. Philadelphia WC 3. Atlanta 4. New York 5. Washington NL Central: 1. St. Louis 2. Houston 3. Cincinnatti 4. Chicago 5. Pittsburgh 6. Milwaukee NL West: 1. San Diego 2. Arizona 3. Los Angeles 4. San Francisco 5. Colorado

02-22-2005, 01:37 PM	#52
TheRaven Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 262	AL East 1 - Boston 2 - New York 3 - Baltimore 4 - Tampa Bay 5 - Toronto AL Central 1 - Cleveland 2 - Minnesota 3 - Detroit 4 - Chicago 5 - Kansas City AL West 1 - Anaheim 2 - Oakland 3 - Texas 4 - Seattle NL East 1 - Atlanta 2 - Florida 3 - Philadelphia 4 - New York 5 - Washington NL Central 1 - Chicago 2 - St. Louis 3 - Houston 4 - Cincinnati 5 - Pittsburgh 6 - Milwaukee NL West 1 - San Francisco 2 - Los Angeles 3 - San Diego 4 - Arizona 5 - Colorado

02-22-2005, 02:11 PM	#53
UngratefulDead Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,415	AL East Boston New York (WC) Baltimore Toronto Tampa Bay AL Central Minnesota Cleveland Detroit Chicago Kansas City AL West Oakland Anaheim (Tough choice between the two. Decided to take the underdog) Texas Seattle NL East Atlanta Philadelphia New York Florida Washington NL Central Chicago St. Louis (WC) Houston Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee NL West San Francisco (Homer, and I really think the Dodgers have taken a step back) San Diego Los Angeles Arizona Colorado NL Champions: Giants AL Champions: Red Sox WS: Giants over Red Sox (Homer, the Red Sox definitely have a better team) NL MVP: Barry Bonds, San Francisco NL Cy Young: Mark Prior, Chicago NL Rookie of the Year: Garrett Atkins, Colorado AL MVP: Vladimir Guerrero, Anaheim AL Cy Young: Randy Johnson, New York AL Rookie of the Year: Nick Swisher, Oakland (Barely over Dallas McPherson)

07-12-2005, 06:53 PM	#55
Davey Eckstein Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Laundry Barn Favorite food: Bran flakes. Posts: 1,283	How are your picks doing at the break? Mine are teh suk.

10-02-2005, 09:44 PM	#58
Davey Eckstein Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Laundry Barn Favorite food: Bran flakes. Posts: 1,283	Bump.